عروض

Arabic

Root
ع ر ض (ʕ-r-ḍ)

Noun

عُرُوض • (ʕurūḍ) pl

  1. plural of عَرْض (ʕarḍ)

Noun

عَرُوض • (ʕarūḍ) m (plural أَعَارِيض (ʔaʕārīḍ))

  1. path or road lying to the side or obliquely or on a declivity
  2. a line of discourse, intended sense
  3. a path of a camel or horse or goat going to the right and left when it is ridden or grazing, and the beast itself that moves such a way
  4. prosody, versification
  5. last foot of a hemistich
  6. tent-pole
  7. nourishment, food

Declension

Derived terms

  • عَرُوضِيّ (ʕarūḍiyy, prosodical)

Descendants

  • Swahili: arudhi
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